Beauty in the Breakdown

There's beauty in the breakdown -
the spiraling-out of the human
condition as outside influences push
the single-breath trigger of the thump thump
heartbeat born human psyche - the
human condition collapsing under the
weight of imposed faiths, morals &
virtues - blowing out the walls of cards
and scattering the foundation of salt & sand.

Then, only then, does the fat & skin
& blood of the human condition peel
and melt away - leaving the bones
and sinew of raw humanity - scurrying
and cautious - aware of our place in
everything - realizing trivialities as just
that - scattered seeds in the wind-blown
life - only to land amongst the thorns
of complicity & crowds.

There truly is beauty in the breakdown
-for without it, how would we ever
see who we truly are without the
facades of our conditions,
faiths and egos?